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• Mounds View Planning Commission April 16, 1997 Special Meeting Page 9 the way it is zoned now actually produced more traffic than the current proposal. The difference is when the peak for developed property would occur. The peak for the different developments would occur at different times, but the overall impact is less. He was also concerned with the traffic impact on Long Lake Road and County Road H2 and how it compares to the previous study. Charlene Zimmer, Principal for SRF Consulting, addressed the question, indicating that the only changes that have occurred in the study had to do with the distribution of traffic on Long Lake Road and County Road H2 that resulted because they used the regional traffic forecasting model to distribute the trips. She briefly reviewed the results as noted in the revised traffic study. She explained that what occurred is that the volumes did increase on County Road H2 and Long Lake Road from the last report from five to nine percent. She noted that County Road H2 would have an increase in traffic of 11 percent daily. The Planning Commission and SRF Consulting discussed various traffic routes and distribution. 1111 Commissioner Johnston expressed some concern with the safety of U-turns and indicated he did not see it addressed in the study. Ms. Zimmer indicated that two of the three intersections are signalized which manages the traffic flow and, therefore, reduces the number of conflicts. Chair Peterson brought up the suggestion by the Police Department to align Edgewood Drive with the front entrance of the theater and signalize it. He asked Ms. Zimmer how this would affect the traffic flow. Ms. Zimmer indicated that they had not done a traffic flow analysis along Highway 10 with Edgewood Drive being a signalized intersection. She believed, however, that the level of congestion, to a great extent, was managed by how the signals are timed and how they progress. She expressed that one of the concerns with adding a signal would be that it would complicate the progression of traffic and studies would need to be done to determine whether or not a signal could be effectively added on Highway 10. With regard to the flow of traffic, the opinion of the consultant was, that it was better to limit the theater entrance to right-in, right-out because it helps on a high volume road such as Highway 10. Regarding left turns, the consultant added that it is better to have a four-legged intersection and it is better to have it signalized. Ms. Zimmer expressed some concerns with the number of access points because the more access points you have the more impact you have on safety and traffic flow. In terms of getting in and out of the site, a signalized, four-legged intersection is the • desirable solution. But in terms of the traffic flow on Highway 10, there is a